May 30, 2018 By Josh Bond, Modern Materials Handling The approaching Windows end-of-life deadlines could signal disruptions in those businesses that have postponed the decision to migrate to a new mobile operating system. On June 10, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 will no longer be supported, followed by Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld on June 9, 2019 and...

May 22, 2018 By Gulli Arnason, Financial-news UK Stratix Corporation, a managed mobile services (MMS) provider, has announced it scored first in the Resource and Cost Visibility and Control use case,...

May 22, 2018 By Gulli Arnason, Financial-news UK Stratix Corporation, a managed mobile services (MMS) provider, has announced it scored first in the Resource and Cost Visibility and Control use case, second in the Mobility Outsourcing use case, and tied for second in the Business Extension and Transformation use case in Gartner’s 2018 Critical Capabilities...

By David Krebs, Executive Vice President – VDC Research Microsoft’s Windows CE and Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 (WEH6.5) have long a tenure as the OS platforms of choice for rugged handheld computers supporting business and mission critical applications across most industries, including retail, logistics, manufacturing, healthcare among others. The portfolio of devices and form factors...

NORCROSS, Ga. (May 16, 2018)—Stratix Corporation, a leading managed mobile services (MMS) provider today announced it scored first in the Resource and Cost Visibility and Control use case, second in the Mobility Outsourcing use case, and tied for second in the Business Extension and Transformation use case in Gartner’s 2018 Critical Capabilities for Managed Mobile...

Promises of Mobile in Retail Mobile technology in retail has been the source of a tremendous amount of buzz since coming on the scene a handful of years ago. Devices have ranged from off-the-shelf consumer tablets to purpose-built rugged devices to now hybrid devices that can be both fixed and mobile depending on the use...

By Marco Nielsen, VP Managed Mobility Services, Stratix As Microsoft winds down support for many of its legacy operating systems, manufacturing plants, warehouses and other rugged environments are mulling where to take their mobility strategy...

Today’s retailers cannot deny the importance of giving customers highly-personalized experiences. In the past, online retailers have had a distinct advantage, as data collected from shoppers allowed for encounters to be highly customized. Today, smart retailers are focusing their efforts on providing a similar experience in-store, and are shifting the role of the store associate...

Jan 8, 2018 11:52am by Jacqueline Renfrow – Fierce Retail Deploying in-store mobile can help retailers drive revenue growth up to 146%. That’s according to a new survey from Stratix, in partnership with global research and advisory firm IHL Group, which found that retailers who enabled mobile POS technology saw an average sales increase of 24% in 2017....

By Marco Nielsen Vice President, Managed Mobility Services, Stratix Corporation With businesses counting on digital transformation to drive competitive advantage in 2018, many are busy planning their IT initiatives for the coming year. Mobile is a central part of that strategy, as new high-profile devices from Apple and Samsung continue to bolster enterprise demand. A...

by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research Mobility is now a table-stakes requirement for any organization to deliver on, and most companies that I speak with these days fully acknowledge this mobile reality. In an earlier blog post, “Managing Today’s Enterprise Mobile Projects – The Right Partners are Critical to Success,” I strongly suggested that,...

Guest article – Gary Lee, CSO at Stratix Corporation. This has been a blockbuster year of mobile devices for the enterprise. Samsung debuted the Galaxy S8 earlier this year, and with business-friendly features such as the Knox 2.8 security platform, analysts predict sales in the millions among enterprise users. Meanwhile, Apple released the iPhone 8 in September and plans to roll...

An MMS Partner is Critical to Success by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research Over the 16 years, I’ve covered enterprise mobility I can identify three distinct eras of enterprise mobile computing. This first, the pre-iPad era running from 2001 to 2009, we can now think of as ancient history. Some might argue that the...

New Solutions for New Pressure Points. By connecting devices, people, and business networks, the next generation of field mobility solutions are changing the way business and customer-critical assets...

New Solutions for New Pressure Points. By connecting devices, people, and business networks, the next generation of field mobility solutions are changing the way business and customer-critical assets are being managed, facilitating the shift from a reactive service model to a proactive, predictive, and preventative service model. Download the whitepaper to read more on the Modernization...

Join Straix and IDG in a discussion – Learn how IT leaders manage multiple device types securely and economically while giving users a highly responsive and productive experience. Watch the Mobility-As-A-Service...

This white paper tackles what most enterprises say is the toughest mobile challenge of all: support. Nowhere is mobile’s complexity more apparent than enterprise support for end users. Often, IT leaders, who have been consumed with device acquisition and provisioning in advance of deployment, overlook the complexity of supporting mobile’s end...

How does your mobile support operation stack up? Does your enterprise use internal resources to support mobile users or delegate that responsibility to a Managed Mobile Services (MMS) provider? Either way, it is vitally important that the support operation’s efficiency be monitored to identify opportunities for improvement. This oversight takes on an added level of...

Three trends complicating business use of mobile. While several factors are pushing up mobile’s “high degree of difficulty,” a look at three pivotal trends explains the reasons why. These trends, each of which is having an exponential impact on mobile’s complexity, are converging to complicate enterprise mobile on a grand scale. Consider these three hallmarks...

Enterprises frequently ask a pivotal question: How did mobile get so complex so fast? While there are several factors contributing to mobile’s “degree of difficulty,” a quick historical review holds some revealing insights. The Rapid Evolution of Enterprise Mobile traces mobile’s progress through three distinct time...

THIS IS THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE MOBILITY. At companies of all kinds, business leaders, managers, and employees expect to get work done wherever they are, whenever they want. Download the whitepaper to...

THIS IS THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE MOBILITY. At companies of all kinds, business leaders, managers, and employees expect to get work done wherever they are, whenever they want. Download the whitepaper to learn how IT leaders manage multiple device types securely and economically while giving users a highly responsive and productive...

Way back in 2016, enterprise mobile began to replace the dominant siloed approach of deploying mobile one department or business unit at a time, with a new enterprise-wide orientation. As a result, scalable, organization-wide deployments of mobile became the norm. Mobile began to be valued as a transformative catalyst for business. Enterprises combined mobile assets...

Enterprises combined mobile assets with cloud-based applications and business intelligence tools to pull from mobility previously hidden business insights. Check out the infographic and learn more about the Current State of Enterprise...

Stratix Mobile Operations Center (MOC) a top-rated mobile support center providing personalized service to your entire mobile workforce. We are the experts behind the mobile operations of Fortune 500s in every major...

Today, enterprises are using mobility solutions to drive employee productivity and satisfaction, operational efficiencies, and create winning customer experiences. By partnering with a Managed Mobile...

Today, enterprises are using mobility solutions to drive employee productivity and satisfaction, operational efficiencies, and create winning customer experiences. By partnering with a Managed Mobile Services provider for mobile expertise, deployment resources and 7x24x365 support, these companies are maximizing the power of their investments. But there is one easy and economical opportunity to...

The senior director of technology puts innovation and teamwork in play Working for an airline is, as Jennifer Paine puts it, the ultimate team sport. No position—whether pilot, mechanic, or flight attendant—is able to succeed without the support of other team members. At a company like Southwest—the nation’s largest carrier in terms of originating domestic...

Long the “go to” device class for use in harsh environments, rugged mobile is enjoying a new found popularity in the Android-dominant enterprise. While demand for rugged mobile devices in specialized environments has always been strong, a distinct preference for Android began emerging last year. In all, 54% of rugged devices now use the Android...

By Marco Nielsen How do you use mobile devices and apps in your distribution center or warehouse? What costs do you incur? Does your entire organization use mobile technology properly and securely? Is your voice-picking system up and running at all times?...

When the massive “Vault 7” leak made headlines, the world learned just how insecure many mobile devices are. In more than 8,000 documents allegedly obtained from the CIA, whistleblower Wikileaks said that the agency had turned...

Plan – it’s a word that strikes fear in the hearts and minds of corporate evangelists eager to prove the value of mobile. With images of missed deadlines and burgeoning budgets swirling in their heads, the all-important planning process is often shelved in favor of a much-needed mobile project’s immediate rollout. Seduced by the sexiness...